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Ask HN: Resources, Mentors, Advice, etc for advising startups
1 points by bherms 9y ago|0 comments
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by bherms 9y ago
Yeah I agree that there have been a lot of articles that basically approach the topic (which I thoroughly believe in, that it's not just hard work that gets you to the top) with the tone of "hard work doesn't matter".
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by bherms 9y ago
Seems more likely that the original commenter probably didn't actually read the article and just had a reaction to the title.
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by bherms 9y ago
A (very awesome) band called Vulfpeck actually ran an experiment where they released an album called "Sleepify" that contained then 30 second silent tracks and asked all of their supporters to stream the album on repeat nightly.
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by bherms 10y ago
100% agree... If they could steal a top UX designer from, say, Apple and start over from scratch, I feel like they could build something amazing. I love the XBOX and have been a supporter since day 1, but the new dashboard interface keeps
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by bherms 10y ago
Robinhood has bids starting at $16 on the IPO... I have no clue if it's a smart buy. Anyone care to chime in?
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by bherms 10y ago
Haha... :)
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by bherms 10y ago
There's a good Kevin Smith story (though long) about Prince hiring him to make a documentary... Smith basically took time out of his busy schedule because he was star struck, spent a bunch of time with Prince, made a documentary and th
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Women, Work, and the State of Wage Inequality(hired.com)
3 points by bherms 10y ago|0 comments
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by bherms 11y ago
Agreed... I was granted X options when I started over a 4 year vest... Those shares are worth a lot more now too... Is it my original price since that was the assumption when I was hired?
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by bherms 11y ago
I don't have any answers, but can say I've just started trying meditation after reading about it for years. I was directed towards the headspace app (headspace.com) and have been doing the introductory "take 10" program
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by bherms 11y ago
If you're in the Bay Area and ever want to attend a Phish show (or other good jam band), I'd be happy to introduce you to the scene. It's been a life changing experience for me and an integral part of my life for the last 15
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by bherms 11y ago
In that time, gay did not mean homosexual, but happy. Twain was saying he was happy and impudent and satirical and delightful, characteristics you wouldn't necessarily expect a slave to have.
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by bherms 11y ago
You're awesome Jose... Incredibly prolific, brilliant, and most of all, kind. Thanks for all you do.
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by bherms 11y ago
I'm not actually there anymore, but I know they were moving a lot of stuff to Elixir and Phoenix and some of my friends have given a few talks on it... I went to the last two Elixirconf's but haven't really used it much profe
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by bherms 11y ago
bleacher report is running their api's all off phoenix as well from what i recall.... multiple millions of requests per minute at least
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by bherms 11y ago
Donate to a charity and people complain it's not the right one. Donate to several charities and people complain that the charity doesn't spend money the right way. Set up an LLC geared towards allocating $45b to social good, cha
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How I Got Full-Time Software Development Work at 16(medium.com)
4 points by bherms 11y ago|0 comments
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by bherms 11y ago
Looks like a doge meme
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by bherms 11y ago
Since most mail programs I usually just try for a few days and move on from, I'm not really willing to drop $10 (I know that's almost nothing) on something just to try it out. Highly recommend adding a trial version.
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by bherms 11y ago
Yeah, I'm confused as to why they need judges as well, but it's how they do it...
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by bherms 11y ago
reminds me of bestofthebest's car raffle... since you can't really gamble in the UK, they do a skill based game that is exactly this... you buy guesses and then click where you think the ball is... the person each week with the cl
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by bherms 11y ago
I had the pleasure of sitting next to Dr Moorer's wife on a flight recently. Was really cool talking to her about her husband's work for a few hours.
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by bherms 12y ago
How was your meal at Delifina the other night? Just kidding :) I don't really have a question, but my girlfriend and I were seated next to you and I wanted to introduce myself and thank you for your insights, writing, and contribution
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by bherms 12y ago
Yep, for data stores (caches, etc), Redis is awesome and super fast, though not as time-tested as memcached. And all of the Redis set/list operations are super valuable. You just need to be careful once you start relying on Redis at s
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by bherms 12y ago
Sign up for Hired.com, move to the Bay, make bank and love your life.
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by bherms 12y ago
ActievJob actually does default to :inline, which uses the Rails process to execute the job, so in a way, it kind of is it's own background processor, but you can easily swap out, as it implements an API for creating and scheduling j
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by bherms 12y ago
ActiveJob is in 4.2 http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/4_2_release_notes.html#act... http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/active_job_basics.html
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by bherms 12y ago
Is there a good summary of the main goals of taking Rails from 4 to 5?
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by bherms 12y ago
Noticing a few issues like so: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cl4to142icjw2ay/Screenshot%202014-...

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